Okyere, Seth Asare;
Frimpong, Louis Kusi;
Oviedo, Daniel;
Mensah, Stephen Leonard;
Fianoo, Isaac Nevis;
Nieto-Combariza, Maria José;
Abunyewah, Matthew;
... Kita, Michihiro; + view all
(2024)
Policy-reality gaps in Africa’s walking cities: Contextualizing institutional perspectives and residents’ lived experiences in Accra.
Journal of Urban Affairs
pp. 1-22.
10.1080/07352166.2023.2296105.
(In press).
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Abstract
This paper confronts the current policy landscape and lived experiences of walking in African cities through the lens of policies, plans, institutional, and residents’ narratives. The paper builds on qualitative evidence drawn from content analysis and semi-structured interviews with local-level stakeholders across policy sectors concerned directly or indirectly with walking and walkability in the city. Perspectives from local government institutions are first reviewed to ascertain considerations for accessibility, safety, and pleasurability dimensions of walking and, second, contrasted with the lived walking experiences of residents of low-income settlements in Accra. Results indicate limited attention to pleasurability dimensions in both policy and municipal plans and significant incongruities with residents’ lived realities of walking. This parallel between the frameworks and plans underpinning the construction of the walking environment and the lived experiences of those affected by such decisions seeks to nuance debates about policy-reality (dis)junctures in African urbanism.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Policy-reality gaps in Africa’s walking cities: Contextualizing institutional perspectives and residents’ lived experiences in Accra |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07352166.2023.2296105 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2023.2296105 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2024 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Walking, walkability, transport policy, lived experiences, Accra |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10188480 |
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